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diff --git a/doc/bird.sgml b/doc/bird.sgml index 1b4b3d67..65efebb8 100644 --- a/doc/bird.sgml +++ b/doc/bird.sgml @@ -456,24 +456,26 @@ protocol rip { used for other commands and <cf/log/ is used in a log file. "<m/format1/" is a format string using <it/strftime(3)/ notation (see - <it/man strftime/ for details). <m/limit> and "<m/format2/" allow to - specify the second format string for times in past deeper than <m/limit/ - seconds. There are few shorthands: <cf/iso long/ is a ISO 8601 date/time - format (YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss) that can be also specified using <cf/"%F %T"/. + <it/man strftime/ for details). It is extended to support sub-second + time part with variable precision (up to microseconds) using "%f" + conversion code (e.g., "%T.%3f" is hh:mm:ss.sss time). <m/limit/ and + "<m/format2/" allow to specify the second format string for times in + past deeper than <m/limit/ seconds. + + There are several shorthands: <cf/iso long/ is a ISO 8601 date/time + format (YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss) that can be also specified using <cf/"%F + %T"/. Similarly, <cf/iso long ms/ and <cf/iso long us/ are ISO 8601 + date/time formats with millisecond or microsecond precision. <cf/iso short/ is a variant of ISO 8601 that uses just the time format (hh:mm:ss) for near times (up to 20 hours in the past) and the date - format (YYYY-MM-DD) for far times. This is a shorthand for - <cf/"%T" 72000 "%F"/. + format (YYYY-MM-DD) for far times. This is a shorthand for <cf/"%T" + 72000 "%F"/. And there are also <cf/iso short ms/ and <cf/iso short us/ + high-precision variants of that. - By default, BIRD uses the <cf/iso short/ format for <cf/route/ and - <cf/protocol/ times, and the <cf/iso long/ format for <cf/base/ and + By default, BIRD uses the <cf/iso short ms/ format for <cf/route/ and + <cf/protocol/ times, and the <cf/iso long ms/ format for <cf/base/ and <cf/log/ times. - In pre-1.4.0 versions, BIRD used an short, ad-hoc format for <cf/route/ - and <cf/protocol/ times, and a <cf/iso long/ similar format (DD-MM-YYYY - hh:mm:ss) for <cf/base/ and <cf/log/. These timeformats could be set by - <cf/old short/ and <cf/old long/ compatibility shorthands. - <tag><label id="opt-table">table <m/name/ [sorted]</tag> Create a new routing table. The default routing table is created implicitly, other routing tables have to be added by this command. |